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	How To Use a Compass - http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/ How to use a compass in several lessons plus how to navigate in poor visibility and how to navigate without a compass. Suggested exercises. Tips on buying a compass.
	Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding - http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
	Backcountry Navigation - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/land_navigation.html Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
	The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy - http://www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
	Reading Topographic Maps - http://www.map-reading.com/ Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.

	Electronic Compass - http://www.electronic-compass.com/ Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
	GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry - http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
	Sun Compass - http://www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
	OA Guide to Map and Compass - http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
	Navigation Technologies - http://www.navtech.com/ Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.

Map and Compass Fundamentals - http://members.impulse.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html
Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning.

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